Dry-cured whole muscle
Country ham
The one dry-cured whole muscle with a US standard of identity. 9 CFR 319.106 fixes the salt content, the weight loss and the prohibition on injection. FSIS also publishes scientific support for lethality in country cured ham.
What this page is built from
- Protected names
- 0
- US standards of identity
- 1
- Composition rows
- 0
- Named by FSIS
- yes
This page exists because these joins exist. A class name that joined to nothing would not have a page.
US standard of identity
Buying it
The American dry-cured ham, and the one product in this list that the United States does define: 9 CFR 319.106 sets out what country ham is, including the requirement that it lose at least 18 percent of its fresh uncured weight. That figure is a legal minimum for this named product and is one of the three numbers this site is most often asked for.
What to read on the label. Country ham is a defined term in US law. The weight-loss requirement is part of the definition, not a claim by the maker.
This class does have a US standard of identity, which means the name on the pack is constrained by 9 CFR part 319 rather than left to the maker. The standard is linked above and is worth reading before deciding what the word promised you.
This is not a protected designation. The listing below is a product of this type, not a registered name. The register entries for this class are listed above and none of them is what is linked here.
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Listing
- Lowest new, checked 2026-09-04
- $23.97
- Brand
- Generic
- ASIN
- B0GSV18KM9
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Register data: eAmbrosia, the EU geographical indications register, retrieved 2026-09-04. Composition: USDA FoodData Central, retrieved 2026-09-04, All values are per 100 g of the food as described.